Wooden Garden Sheds-The Best Choice For You?

Wooden garden sheds are incredibly popular with homeowners for storing all kinds of stuff, not just their garden implements and tools.
Wooden storage sheds offer many options ranging from size to roof type to door options, window choices etc.

Wooden Garden Shed Roofs

The choice of roof for your garden shed will fall into 2 broad categories, namely some type of pitch type roof and a flat or pent type roof.

Within these broad categories you will find gable roofs and saltbox shed type roofs and it is really down to you as to what you feel will sit on your property best and do the job that you expect from your wooden storage shed.

Other considerations are the timber used for your wooden garden shed and cedar tongue and groove cladding is a good choice.It is important to ensure that whatever wooden cladding is used that it is pre treated with some type of preservative.Annual application of a preservative to your garden shed is important to ensure that the timber is maintained well and a critical consideration to also consider is whether you buy a shed kit with assembly instructions and ease of assemble instructions.

If you are buying your wooden storage shed in kit form make sure that you get all the necessary fixtures and fittings including screws,nails and glazing.

Your flooring will also require consideration and generally depending on the size of your shed you will choose between a tongue and groove type floor and a solid plywood sheet.

Wooden Garden Sheds Sizes

Regardless of the size you have available for your shed you will invariably find a shed size for your property as they range from 4 x 2 up to 10 x 24.A very popular choice is a 10 x 12 shed as it seems to be just right for many people.
When choosing a garden shed you will have to choose between the huge range of garden shed materials available such as plastic sheds, metal sheds, vinyl and others.

But most people choose wooden garden sheds for their attractiveness and the adaptability that they provide for any property.

Shiplap

Shiplap is a popular and common timber that is also used in the construction of wooden storage sheds.Shiplap is generally between 3 inches and 10 inches wide and can be milled or rough sawn.It will have a rabbet on each end allowing your shed boards to overlap which gives your garden or storage shed a nice finished appearance.Shiplap will not require a huge degree of maintenance and provides your wooden garden shed with a good seal against the elements and inclement weather.

Generally you will find that rough shiplap will be used vertically in a post and beam fashion and the milled boards used horizontally for your shed siding.

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